Hans attempts to persuade Takagi to give up the code by saying that the bearer bonds he wants are only worth a few days worth of capital, a small amount of money that can be easily recouped by a massive company like Nakatomi and would only be a small inconvenience. After his moment with the hostages at the party and complimenting Takagi's suit in the elevator, he sees a scale model of Nakatomi Plaza and quotes that when "Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer" (showing his ego), before nerding out over another model and commenting that he loved model as a boy for "the exactness, attention to every conceivable detail" (showing that he's a meticulous planner). Batman Gambit: Hans's master goal is entirely dependent on the FBI cutting electrical power (per standard procedure), which disables the magnetic lock on the Nakatomi Plaza vault. Bait the Dog: After the effort he put into his seemingly pleasant façade throughout much of the movie, the critical portion of Hans Gruber's escape plan is to kill the hostages and escape in the confusion. Faking the Dead: Hans ultimately plan surrounded this and blowing out the roof with all the hostages.

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The entire hostage situation is choreographed to provide cover for the real crime, a massive robbery. This is a slightly more justified example than usual, as he's well outside his own jurisdiction and breaking into the police frequency with a civilian radio set, and the dispatcher has no idea who the hell he is and no particular reason to believe this isn't some crackpot with a ham radio and an overactive imagination. Adaptation Distillation: The movie uses the premise, and many of the book's events, plot points and characters, but heavily alters and expands on much of the book.

Holly, of course, takes it to mean her husband is still alive because only he could make someone that pissed off. Sigil Spam: The symbol of the Nakatomi Corporation can be found everywhere inside the building, from tabletop imprints to light switches. The plan falls apart, however, because John was able to evacuate the roof before it blew up and prevent their escape plans.

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Given that, by the second movie, John ends up working for the LAPD, it looks like he was ultimately forgiven in the end. Unlike many other action films that happen to take place on Christmas, the plot is actually kicked off by the robbers exploiting the laxer security during a Christmas party to aid in their plan, and McClane is visiting the building purely to attend the party. Relationship-Salvaging Disaster: John gets back together with his ex-wife having saved her from robbers who took over the Nakatomi building. John starts off his fight with Tony, who he has surprised at gunpoint, by hitting him in the head with the butt of his pistol, knocking Tony's glasses to the floor. The Only One: McClane is in the building seeing everything up-close, so he is able to respond to the criminals effectively.Jurisdiction Friction: Becomes a plot point because Hans Gruber knows the FBI's standard responses to a hostage situation, and was counting on them to take the case from the LAPD and follow their playbook, helping him crack a safe and cover his escape. After the initial assault on the front doors fails, SWAT sends in "the car," an APC note Actually a de-turreted M8 Greyhound scout car that immediately gets stuck on the railings of the front steps, then hit by an anti-tank missile.

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Funny Background Event: Just after Gruber kills Takagi, Theo holds out his hand to Karl, who places a crisp banknote in it. He could have easily shot him any time, instead John managed to disarm him and engage in hand-to-hand combat. During the climactic showdown, John has a similar reaction as Holly, to the point that he lays into Hans with a brief "The Reason You Suck" Speech.After spending most of the film trapped in the garage, he manages at the end to ram the ambulance driven by Theo and then punch him out. The book even shows that McClane (Leland) likens the building to a medieval castle, with the gates down and the elevators inoperable, and just as impregnable. In actuality, his crew has rigged the roof to blow, killing all the hostages (and hopefully the Feds), faking their own deaths, and throwing the authorities off long enough to enact their real escape plan, via fake ambulance.